Addiction to Thoughts | September 24, 2014
When it comes to addiction we’re
usually talking about alcohol or substance abuse, but there can also be
an addictive quality to our thinking.
- Robert Chodo Campbell, "Just Shut Up"
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Flower of the Day: 09/23/14
“I
know that many people who are with me are praying for others who are
ready, that they may wake up. This is a spiritual current for awakening.
It is a vigil happening around the globe. This vigil is made up of current of souls that are mature enough to understand that they need to
pray for their brothers and sisters.”
Sri Prem Baba
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Touch the Core of Time | September 23, 2014
Through spiritual practice we can go
beyond our egoistic point of view. We can touch the core of time, see
the whole world in a moment, and understand time in deep relationship
with all beings. Then we cannot be isolated and cold people. We become
beautiful and warm people, appreciating and helping all beings.
- Dainin Katagiri, "Time Revisited"
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Monday, September 22, 2014
Flower of the Day: 09/22/14
“The
remedy for all wounds is understanding why you had to go through a
particular situation that hurt you. Emotional wounds are like thorns
stuck in the flesh, and sometimes they get infected. This infection is
when bitterness and skepticism develop regarding the possibility of
being happy. This bitterness can sometimes turn into revenge, and can
activate vicious circles that act in different ways, but always generate
suffering and destruction. However, the wound should be seen as a
teacher, because it is always teaching you about the mystery of life: it
is teaching you to forgive.”
Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
A Never-departing Shadow | September 22, 2014
All experience is preceded by mind,
Led by mind,
Made by mind.
Speak or act with a peaceful mind,
And happiness follows,
Like a never-departing shadow.
Led by mind,
Made by mind.
Speak or act with a peaceful mind,
And happiness follows,
Like a never-departing shadow.
- The Buddha, "'We are what we think."
Sunday, September 21, 2014
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A Tree Needs Roots | September 21, 2014
In Buddhism, we study and reflect on
the dharma; and then, fully blending what we have understood with our
mind, we practice resting evenly in meditation. In the beginning, a tree
needs strong roots. Similarly, what is most important for meditation is
calm abiding.
- Ogyen Trinley Dorje, "Calm Abiding"
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If We Could Let Go| September 20, 2014
The very act of clinging causes mental
distress—have you ever noticed that longing hurts? Moreover, the
exertions are futile since grasping cannot extend the life of pleasure,
not even by a nanosecond. As for unpleasant sensations—in truth, they
disappear in a moment, too. But when you feel averse to them, the pain
doubles. It’s like trying to remove a thorn in your foot by piercing the
skin with a second thorn. If we could let go, the mind wouldn't suffer.
- Cynthia Hatcher, "What's So Great About Now?"
Flower of the Day: 09/19/14
“Absolutely
everything that happens has a spiritual significance, because life is a
spiritual adventure. But of course there are more meaningful moments
and less meaningful ones. The greater the change that life brings you,
the greater the spiritual significance you will unveil. For example,
even if you were satisfied with your job and end up losing it, take this
as a gift from existence that is helping you to align yourself with
your dharma, your greater purpose.”
Sri Prem Baba
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Flower of the Day: 09/18/14
“Some
people are stuck in the game of accusations, but are not the slightest
bit aware of it. Their lives are a disaster, but they cannot see where
they are putting themselves. The person may believe they are a saint, or
at least a really good person, but doesn’t stop complaining and
speaking ill of others. This negative energy turns against them and this
becomes a vicious circle that can only be broken if there is space for
friendship, cooperation, union and most importantly
self-responsibility.”
Sri Prem Baba
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Compassion Isn’t Incidental | September 18, 2014
When there isn’t enough compassion
being generated (either for ourselves as individuals or in the world in
general), we become unbalanced; we suffer from it as we would from a
lack of fresh air and clean water. It is not an incidental element, it
is mandatory. We will not survive without it.
- Patricia Anderson, "Real or Pretend?"
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Flower of the Day: 09/17/14
“As
you evolve along the journey, you start to see beyond the veil of
illusion and to perceive that everything is part of the divine game.
Everything that happens is a chance for you to free yourself of karmas.
Even negative situations are the manifestation of divine mercy, because
they are opportunities that teach you to overcome attachments and your
identification with the ego. They’re an opportunity for you to fulfill
the objective of life, which is to experience unity within
multiplicity.”
Sri Prem Baba
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The Secret of Zen | September 17, 2014
"The secret of Zen is just two words: not always so."
- Shunryu Suzuki, "Mindfulness at Moonshine Hollow"
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Opening to Vulnerability | September 16, 2014
Relationships work to open us up to
ourselves. But first we have to admit how much we don’t want that to
happen, because that means opening ourselves to vulnerability. Only then
will we begin the true practice of letting ourselves experience all
those feelings of vulnerability that we first came to practice to
escape.
- Barry Magid, “No Gain”
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Flower of the Day: 09/15/14
“Don’t
expect the violence out there to cease: that is an illusion. The world
will always invite you to enter into warfare. The question is whether or
not you will accept the invitation. It isn’t always possible to be out
there in the world relating to others without getting identified with
something. When this happens, allow yourself to withdraw from the world;
but know that at some point you will have to go back out there. The key
is to be willing to give of yourself, really wanting to see others
happy. It starts with this higher-level study of acting as a channel for
generosity and sharing your silence and love with others, even if they
don’t know that you are doing it, or if they consciously don’t want you
to – or even worse: if they get angry about it.”
Sri Prem Baba
For Whom Do We Practice? | September 15, 2014
We must ask: for whom do we practice?
We see the paradox of the self in the world, focusing inwardly in order
to manifest outwardly. The inward look is the outward view. Ultimately
we practice for others as our inward polishing manifests itself as good
action in our activities.
- Eido Frances Carney, "The Way of Ryokan"
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More Than Heartfelt | September 14, 2014
The bodhisattva approaches the work of
relieving others’ difficulties with as much ardency as we might pursue
or protect the things that we value most highly and desire most
strongly. His motivation is more than heartfelt; it is urgent,
passionate.
- Manjusra, "An Everyday Aspiration"
Flower of the Day: 09/14/14
“Suffering
catches hold of us through comparison and desire, which drag down our
consciousness. With the slightest lack of care, we begin to compare and
desire things, which places us in the labyrinth of psychological time.
We go from the past to the future, and from the future to the past, but
we are never in the present. When we compare ourselves to others, we
start wanting to be what they are or to have what they have. This is one
of the roots of human misery. When we can observe all that is
transitory without getting identified with it through desire or
comparison, we will have discovered the way out of the labyrinth.”
Sri Prem Baba
Saturday, September 13, 2014
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Pure and Bright | September 13, 2014
If you [only] keep away from samsara
and dwell in real permanence, your eternal Light will appear, thereby
causing your organs, sense data, consciousness and [mad] mind to vanish
simultaneously. The objects of your thinking process are [polluting]
dust and the feelings that arise from your consciousness are impurities;
if both are kept away, your Dharma eye will appear pure and bright
instantly.
- The Buddha, "When Rahula Rang the Bell"
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